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21, 2013
U.S. Priests are Introverts, New British Study Finds...
“I ask you not to remain silent when you meet with wrongdoing, but to speak out and act to correct a situation that is offensive to your God and destructive to your soul.” - Our Lady of the Roses, November 20, 1979
Vatican Insider reported on August 9, 2013:
The psychological profile Catholic priests in the U.S. comes under the category of "introverted". They are more interested in the ministry in the strict sense and less involved in the social dimension of the apostolate. They are also less focused on the mission. This is according to the latest study published by a British team, led by Leslie Francis, an Anglican professor at the University of Warwick. The study appears in the current issue of "Pastoral Psychology," an authoritative magazine on international studies published in the United States. Prof. Francis is a prominent figure in the field of psychology of religion and he has developed a special version of the test that is based on the theory of "Psychological Types" of Carl Gustav Jung and the statistical questionnaire developed by Myers and Briggs in the Sixties.
The inquiry carried out by Francis and his team is based on a fairly small sample- partly because of the complexity of the test to be administered - and it is compared with other similar surveys carried out in the Eighties and Nineties. What is new about this study, is that it looks into the inner center of gravity of the new generation of Catholic priests in the United States.
The first trait that characterises them, is "introversion." The second is "sensing", that is, the way in which information is gathered to make judgments. "Sensing" happens via the five senses, as opposed to 'intuition' for those who make exclusive use of intuition. "Sensing," Francis notes, "meant to have priests that relate exclusively to the inherited tradition and do not care to adapt it to the needs of new generations”. Priests are accustomed to preserving rather than promoting changes in their pastoral activities. "They place an emphasis on preserving the existing rather than on the missionary dimension". And this happens despite Pope Francis’ insistence on the missionary dimension of pastoral activity, on going outside the confines of the parish and welcoming anyone who knocks at the Church’s doors.
In terms of "how" we orient ourselves in the outside world and how we prefer to relate to the outside world, the results of the questionnaire confirm that priests tend to be "judgmental" and are therefore anxious to keep the established structures they find in place when they take up their ministry. “We have a class of priests who put duty above love for others”. By focusing on "judging the relationship with the outside world, priests become less flexible and are not able to inject new life and new hope into the Church’s structures", Francis writes.
According to the classification of Psychological Types, priests with these characteristics, comes under the general ISTJ model which includes introverts who use the five senses and intuition and rely on rationality and judgment. This type is very common, particularly among males (two thirds of ISTJ are men). Instead of contemplating the future as an “intuitive” type or celebrating the present as a “sensory extrovert” type, ISTJs always look at the past. They are engaged in protecting the way things were done in the past, as well as past traditions and conventions. "This profile - Francis concludes – is indicative of a presbytery that does not really require or encourage cooperation with the laity."
"... when a priest tells you that you do not have to speak up ... because you are judging another person, and you should love your neighbor, and therefore never set him up to be judged, you are not judging. If a person is doing wrong, and you tell him in a kind manner, a charitable manner, that they are committing a sin, and that they will lose their soul and go to purgatory, or even hell, that is not judging. You are helping and loving your neighbor. What is love?" - Our Lady of the Roses, June 18, 1982
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COUNSEL
"In charity, you
will counsel, but you must also, My child, admonish the wrongdoer." - Our
Lady, April 9, 1977
THE
“BUCK-PASSER”
“I see,
My children, a great evil transpiring upon earth. Those who have the
power to stop the evil have chosen to go downstream like ducks upon
water, letting everything slide off their backs, neither caring nor
visualizing the future. And why? Because they have given themselves
to the world.
“Just as My Son stood before Pilate and he washed his hands and
said: ‘This man is innocent; I see no wrong in him,’ however, in his
heart he knew of innocence but he feared reprisal from the crowd, My
children; he valued his life, he loved his sin, and he was too much
involved with the pleasures of this life and the world.
“You see, My children, it is taking place all over again for
those in command in rule. They go along ‘passing,’ as you say, ‘the
buck,’ each one not willing to admit his error or his participation
in evil, but only too willingly allowing others to take the blame or
the responsibility. And I assure you, My children, if evil is being
allowed, the ‘buck passer’ is just as guilty as the original one who
had started the evil.
“If you know in your hearts, O pastors, that souls are in
danger of being corrupted, misled, and even destroyed, and you do
nothing about it, because you do not wish to offend your superiors,
because you value your life in this world too much and your good
living; I assure you, O pastors, you shall stand before My Son and
He shall not know you. You will be disowned, banished from eternal
life in Heaven, and you shall join your father who is the father of
all liars, satan, and the prince of darkness.” - Our Lady, March
18, 1977
SIN OF
OMISSION
“The sin of omission shall condemn many to hell, be they layman or
hierarchy. I repeat: not the sin of commission, but the sin of omission
will commit many to hell. Among them there will also be mitres.” -
Our Lady, October 6, 1980
NECESSARY TO
REPEAT?
“My child, is it necessary for Me to repeat My words? Have I not reached
the world with an essence of the truth? The truth lies in every man's heart,
for every man has been given an inbuilt conscience from the Father. However,
of your own will can you shut off your contact with your Father, for you
give yourself to the world.” - Our Lady, February 1, 1974
NOT ONE
PERSON
“You will always remember, My child and My children, that when the
struggle to remain on the narrow path has 'taken all out of you,' as you
say, you must remember that eventually you will all be held accountable for
your soul. There is not one person who can follow you at the same time over
the veil and stand up for you when you are being judged. For every man,
woman, and child of conscionable age will be their own master towards their
soul. In other words, My children, you must have your God-given conscience
forward and placed before you always.” - Jesus, March 18, 1983
TARNISHED
“You must realize, My children, that he who does not recognize My Son as
his Savior shall not be given the keys to the Kingdom. My Son has given you
all in the Father an inborn conscience and guide. You will not be misled by
satan or his agents or by his enticements if you do not throw away the
graces that have been given to you. Your souls will only become tarnished if
you fall from this grace or cast it willfully away. Then you will become
blind, My children. All of you can become blind where you will no longer
recognize truth.” - Our Lady, March 25, 1972
NO OTHER
RECOURSE
“There is no other recourse, My children. You have all been given an
inborn conscience. You must reject the plan of satan and not succumb to his
lures. The world about you has become the playground of satan and his
agents. Your world is in darkness; Our Church is in darkness. But We still
carry the light. And all who follow Me, My children, will be led out of this
darkness.” - Our Lady, April 1, 1972
SIN AGAINST
THE HOLY SPIRIT
“The greatest sin that man has on his weakening conscience is a sin
against the Holy Spirit. And this is being committed not only in lay life
but in the ranks of My clergy.” - Jesus, May 13, 1978
THE PLAN
“You cannot in your human nature understand the plan of your God, your
Creator, but you can with your inborn conscience know in your hearts that
you have misled, O bishops and cardinals, Our sheep! Turn back, I say unto
you, for you shall be punished.” - Jesus, May 20, 1978
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D141 - Responsibility
D142 - Sin of Omission
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D171 - Stigma of a Fallen Hierarchy, Part 3
D172 - Priestly Celibacy
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D225 - Final Warning to the Clergy
D226 - Many Mitres are on the Road to Hell
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